The intelligent movement machine : an ethological perspective on the primate motor system / Michael S. A. Graziano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graziano, Michael S. A., 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motor cortex--Physiology.

Human locomotion.

Animal locomotion.

Primates--Physiology.

Motor Cortex--physiology.

Movement--physiology.

Models, Animal.

Primates--physiology.

Motor cortex.

Medical Subjects:

Motor Cortex--physiology.

Movement--physiology.

Models, Animal.

Primates--physiology.

Physical Description:

ix, 224 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Summary:

In The Intelligent Movement Machine: An Ethological Perspective on the Primate Motor System, Graziano offers a fundamentally new theory of motor cortex organization: the rendering of the movement repertoire onto the cortex. The action repertoire of an animal is highly dimensional, whereas the cortical sheet is two-dimensional. Rendering the action space onto the cortex therefore results in a complex pattern, explaining the otherwise inexplicable details of the motor cortex organization. This clearly written book includes a complete history of motor cortex research from its discovery to the present, a discussion of the major issues in motor cortex research, and an account of recent experiments that led to Graziano's "action map" view. Though focused on the motor cortex, the book includes a range of topics from an explanation of how primates put food in their mouths, to the origins of social behavior such as smiling and laughing, to the mysterious link between movement disorders and autism. This book is written for a general audience and should be of interest to experts, students, and the scientific lay.

Contents:

Early experiments on motor cortex

An integrative map of the body

Hierarchy in the cortical motor system

Neuronal control of movement

What can be learned from electrical stimulation?

Complex movements evoked by electrical stimulation of motor cortex

The match between natural neuronal properties and stimulation-evoked movement

The movement repertoire of monkeys

Dimensionality reduction as a theory of motor cortex organization

Feedback remapping and the cortical-spinal-muscular system

Social implications of motor control.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-217) and index.

ISBN:

9780195326703

0195326709

OCLC:

214299996